Maura McLaughlin is praised by clients for her “prompt and thorough advice and approach to her job.” She often acts for clients on IPOs and recapitalisations, as well as financing acquisitions through capital raises.Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2017

“Maura McLaughlin has practised as a capital markets lawyer in Dublin and London, and offers experience of large-scale IPOs and equity transactions to a variety of Irish and international clients.”Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2016

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Expertise

Maura advises international and domestic listed, public and private companies, as well as public sector bodies, on all aspects of company law and a wide range of commercial matters, as well as advising listed companies on compliance and governance issues. She has extensive experience of advising on public and private mergers and acquisitions, with particular emphasis on takeovers, schemes of arrangement and mergers. Maura has employed this experience to achieve clients’ strategic objectives, notably in the design and implementation of structures permitting the inversion or migration of holding companies to Ireland. Equity capital markets work is another area of focus: Maura regularly advises on Irish securities laws, and has acted for companies, investors and underwriters on listings and fundraisings. Prior to joining the firm, Maura worked for Linklaters’ London office.

Experience

Maura’s experience includes advising:

Hanover Investors on its £35 million takeover offer for Escher Group plc

Future Finance on its €40 million Series C investment round

Cubic Telecom on its €40 million Series C investment round

Tyco on its $20 billion combination with Johnson Controls

Paddy Power on its €8 billion merger with Betfair

Strongbridge Biopharma on its incorporation in Ireland and IPO on NASDAQ

Emirates National Oil Corporation on its acquisition of Dragon Oil

the Minister for Finance on the capital restructuring, IPO and sale of shares in Permanent TSB

Paddy Power on its c. €400 million return of capital to shareholders

CRH on €1.6 billion “cashbox” placing to raise funds for the acquisition of certain assets from Holcim and LaFarge

Actavis plc on the US$66 billion acquisition of Allergan

Ingersoll-Rand plc on the demerger of its commercial and residential security businesses to Allegion plc

an Irish listed company on a Europe-wide outsourcing of its IT requirements

Green REIT plc on its initial public offering, and a €460 million subsequent placing of shares

Warner-Chilcott on its US$8.5 billion acquisition by Actavis by way of a scheme of arrangement

the National Treasury Management Agency on the exchange of Irish Government bonds for €30.6 billion worth of promissory notes issued by the Minister for Finance to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (In Special Liquidation)

the Irish Government on the disposal of €1 billion of convertible capital notes in Bank of Ireland, and the redemption and securitisation of its redeemable preference stock

Magnetic Solutions Limited on its acquisition by Tokyo Electron Limited

Cooper Industries on its US$11.8 billion acquisition by Eaton Corporation by way of scheme of arrangement

the Irish Government on the sale of the majority of its stake in Bank of Ireland

the Irish Government on the demutualisation of EBS Building Society, the merger of EBS Building Society and Allied Irish Banks, the €5.2 billion recapitalisation of Bank of Ireland and the €14.8 billion recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks in 2011

Paddy Power on its expansion into Australia through the acquisition of Sportsbet

the Irish Government on the recapitalisations of EBS Building Society, Irish Nationwide Building Society, the €3.4 billion placing and rights issue by Bank of Ireland, and the €3.9 billion recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks, in 2010

Emirates National Oil Corporation on its bid for Dragon Oil plc, which was effected as a scheme of arrangement

the Irish Government on the €3.5 billion recapitalisation of Bank of Ireland, and the €3.5 billion recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c., as well as the nationalisation and recapitalisation of Anglo Irish Bank, in 2009

CRH plc on its €1.2 billion rights issue

the Irish Government on the nationalisation and subsequent recapitalisation of Anglo Irish Bank

Aer Lingus on its initial public offering and admission to the official lists of the Irish and London Stock Exchanges

Other

In addition to full-time practice, Maura leads the firm’s largest Corporate/M&A team, and acts as a mentor to associates in the firm as part of our Diversity Initiative. Maura is Chair of the firm’s Learning & Development Committee, and regularly speaks at internal L&D events, as well as at external conferences and seminars on areas relevant to her practice.

Certificate in Professional Legal Studies, 1999, Queen's University of Belfast

Professional

Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland, 2003

Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales (non-practising), 2000

Admitted as a solicitor in Northern Ireland (non-practising),1999

International Bar Association

Authorship

Author of the Ireland chapter of “Regulation of Public M&A in Europe” (October 2015)

“Arthur Cox takes a client-centred approach and makes it a priority to understand our group and business. They have impressive depth of knowledge across all practice areas relevant to our business and generally have a deep enough bench for even very sizable transactions.”

IFLR 1000, 2018 edition

“The firm is very strong and reliable. They are proactive and technically excellent.”

IFLR 1000, 2018 edition

"The firm has a very practical approach to dispute resolution. They take time to understand things from a business and a legal perspective. The advice is always practical, clear and solution-focused."

Chambers Europe: Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2017

"This is an outstanding firm, which goes above and beyond for its clients."